http://www.metafilter.com/tags/medicalbills Posts tagged with 'medicalbills' at MetaFilter. Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:49:55 -0800 Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:49:55 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/39241/Medical%2DBankruptcy <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;cid=578&amp;u=/nm/20050202/ts_nm/health_bankruptcy_dc&amp;printer=1">An umbrella that melts in the rain</a> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half of all U.S. <a href="http://www.abiworld.org/">bankruptcies</a> are caused by soaring medical bills and most people sent into <a href="http://origin.bankrate.com/brm/news/debt/20031219a1.asp">debt </a>by illness are middle-class workers with health insurance, researchers said on Wednesday. "Our study is frightening. Unless you're Bill Gates you're just one serious illness away from bankruptcy." tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39241 Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:49:55 -0800 bankruptcy debt medicalbills medicine Shanachie